Before the advent of Adi Shankaracharya, there were more than sixty-eight different ways of worship of the Hindu Gods with corresponding Deities.
Sankaracharya, quoting the Sruthi, The Vedas, streamlined the system of worship into Six, Shanmatha.
They are,
Ganapathyam, Lord Ganesh,
Soumaaram, Lord Surya, Sun.
Saivam,Lord Siva,
Saktham, Goddess Parvati.
Kaumaaram, Lord Subramanya and
Vaishnavam, Lord Vishnu.
He also laid down the rues for Panchayathana Puja, to be performed Daily
For those for whom marriages get delayed.
People who are unable to get suitable Alliance ,in Tamil Nadu , generally visit Thirumanancherry ,perform certain Rituals nd this practice is reported to be producing good results.
I came to know of an older Temple near Mayuram (Myiladuthurai Kuttalam).
Praying at this Temple of Lord Manavaleswarar and Parimalasugandhanayagi ensures speedy marriages for those whose marriages are delayed.
The Temple is near Kuttalam(near Mayuram)and on the way to Vanaathirajapuram.
The Temple is reported to be old and the details are.
Kumabhishekam is on March 19, 2014.
Invitation is below.
I understood the following procedure is to be followed.
Perform Yagna at the Temple, which starts around 11 am.
These Yagnas are to be performed on Mondays.
It is very auspicious if it is performed on the days of Full Moon which falls on Monday.
The charges payable at your convenience, though they charge Rs. 285.
You may buy two Archanai materials from the shops.
The Boy or Girl is tied with a Gangana(band on the Wrist) at the Sannidhi of Parimalasugandhanayagi.
Deepas(You can get them at the shops near the temple) have to be lit .
The number of Deepas is equivalent of the Age one to be married.
Then one has to sit in Yagna, which is likely to take three hours.
After the Yagna, the Temple priest calls one by one and advises them as to the number of days they have to come to the Temple.
The Temple is reported to be yielding good results for those who worship there with faith.
The nearest Town for stay is Mayuram(Myiladuthurai)
Related:
Parvati once expresses her desire to have the experience of an earthly wedding to Shiva. This story is believed to be in fulfillment of this wish expressed by her. A dispute in Mount Kailash occured over a game of chess. In accordance with the verdict of Shiva, Parvati recedes to an earthly life and amidst her wandering reaches a place called Komal, where Lord Vishnu assumes a form of a cowherd to take care of his sister. He releases her from the clutch of the curse in a place called ‘Thiruvaaduthurai’ and Parvati sheds her assumed cow’s form and takes Her normal form in ‘Kuthaalam’ in the sacrificial fire of Sage Bharata Muni. Shiva and Parvati then unite in marriage in Thirumanancheri. Shiva is also called as ‘Sonavaararivaar’ for keeping up His word.
God Vishnu, upset over the events, wanted to reconcile the couple. He went to Shiva to justify his case. Shiva told Vishnu about Parvati’s wish to experience a wedding on earth and assured Vishnu that all events would lead to that end. He also told Vishnu to take the cow to bathe in the Cauvery so she could regain her original form. Vishnu did so and soon Parvati was herself again.
Parvathi was then instructed to go and live as the daughter of Bharata Muni, a saint living nearby. The story goes that Bharata Muni approached Shiva for his hand in marriage to Parvati, thereby granting her wish that she be married on earth.
Udhvaganathar looks as groom in this moolasthanam and Ambal is bride, God and Goddess exhibits their view of newly married couple status in the south prakaram. Mangala Ragu God exhibits his view of with his full body near Lord Durgadevi in the north prakaram. This scene are giving significance of this temple. In this place Rathi and Manmathan join together. By grace of lord Uthvaganathar Rathi gets Mangalya Pitchai it’s hightly belived who ever adorn with garland to the Lord Udhvaganathar and Goddess Kokilambal are relieved from their curse and sin besides gets wedding in an earlier stage.
http://www.thiruvidaimarudur.com/thirumanancheri.php
http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=234
The specialty of the Temple is that it does not have Navagrahas and it has no Dwajasthamba.
The Temple is in a dilapidated condition.
Ack. Ms.Abhayam Sekaran.
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Recently I visited the famous Srikanteswara Temple in Nanjangud ,25 km from Mysore Karnataka.
The Srikanteshwara Temple at Nanjangud is dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva, also called Sri Nanjundeshwara, “The God who drank poison” to save the earth. In Hindu mythology, the Gods and demons churned the ocean in search of the ambrosia. During this churning, poison emanated first, followed by ambrosia. To prevent the poison from spreading across the universe and to destroy it, Shiva came to the rescue and drank it up. His wifeParvati then held his throat tightly to prevent the poison from spreading to the rest of his body and killing him. Narada held his mouth so that he did not vomit it out. The poison remained in his throat, making it blue in colour. For this reason, Shiva is also called Neelakantha, or “the blue-throated one”. Nanjanagud literally means “the place where Nanjundeshwara resides.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjangud
Lord Siva, who is the presiding Deity here is believed to cure diseases.
Tippu Sultan is reported to have prayed Lord Siva to cure his horse going blind and his horse was cured and as a token of his respect he is repoted to have gifted the temple with a necklace of Sapphire with a pendant,
The Lord here is worshiped as ‘Hakim Nanjunda’
I was pained to note that the pujas are not being performed properly, if at all they are performed.
I chose an Ekadasi(11th day of the waxing/waning Moon),which is auspicious for Lord Siva for Siva is associated with Ekadasa Rudras and Rudra chanted on this day gives best results.
During my visit, I noticed that no archanas being performed neither to the Deity at the sanctum sanctorum nor to the Utsava murthy.
No naivedyas, no offering whatsoever, including vertrilai paaku thengai(Coconut) .
For the noon abisheka, the screen was drawn for about five minutes before being opened.
No abisheka with Sri Rudra,.
People were breaking the coconuts outside the temple and carrying them inside and it was not even shown to the Deity.
Worse is that no Vibhuti prasadam was distributed.
This is being distributed, along with naivedyam in packets(which does not seem to have been offered to the Lord) outside the sanctum sanctorum by people who do not e seem to have taken bath.
Bilva leaves were strewn all over the place.
However huge buildings are coming up to make the pilgrims stay comfortable.
But the very essence of temple, that of Mantras and naivedyams,Abishekas are absent.
The Brahmins who are supposedly in the temple should know that they should discharge their duty as Brahmins and should not bring disrepute to the community.
May be they should visit temples in Kerala and Tamil Nadu to know how poojas are to be performed.
I am sad to say this,Nanjangud temple is an example of how a temple should not be.
KANNADASAN\’S ARTHAMULLA INDHU MADHAM PART-1
KANNADASAN\’S ARTHAMULLA INDHU MADHAM PART-2
KANNADASAN\’S ARTHAMULLA INDHU MADHAM PART-3
KANNADASAN\’S ARTHAMULLA INDHU MADHAM PART-4
KANNADASAN\’S ARTHAMULLA INDHU MADHAM PART-5
KANNADASAN\’S ARTHAMULLA INDHU MADHAM PART-6
There have been greater poets.
But Kannadasan’s appeal to heart is unique..
Many of his Poems/songs may not be original like’Satti Suttadhada,veedu varai uravu,Irandhavanai chumandhavanum irandhuttan,
But Kannadasan’s rendering is more appealing than the original.
It is a Gift.
There have been /are Scholarly treatises on’Hinduism’
But nothing like ‘Artamulla Indhumadham in terms of simple presentation of complex issues and an exquisite prose.
May be there are inaccuracies here and there, those who find them may search the original for final say.
Even here Kannadasan scores-he made you look for Hinduism.
Uploaded above are six parts of Kannadasan’s ‘Arthamulla Indhumadham’
http://www.mediafire.com/?y2aeafno11udzem
Arthamulla Indhumadham Volume 7-12 http://ramanisblog.in/2012/06/17/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B3-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-kannadasan-volum/
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